[freedomben]

Yeah, though SSH is already very mature at processing text, so it's a surprisingly good fit for a chat. I would also remember that any machine you SSH from is going to give the server some metadata like IP address, public keys (which aren't useful as creds but can be for tracking). Really fun little project though

[tjoff]

SSH might be, but maybe not your terminal. Which the very least can possibly trick you using escape codes. Also, unless my memory fails me 'cat'ing an untrusted file isn't recommended for security reasons.

Additionally you should disable SSH forwarding. Relevant thread from the startup selling coffee over SSH: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40227624